Database Resources

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	Webfeat enables you to search these databases simultaneously: ANZ Reference Center Grolier Online Health & Wellness Resource Center Newsbank Credo Reference (formerly XReferplus)
	Access Science is your online gateway to science and technology information. Access Science includes McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, 9th Edition, and the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th Edition. Whether you’re looking for an article explaining the structure of an atom or need to understand the latest Nobel Prize-winning research, you’ll find it here.
	Alexander Street Press Videos – Dance in Video contains 250 dance productions and documentaries by the most influential perfomers and compaines of the 20th century. Includes ballet, tap, jazz, contemporary, experimental and improvisational dance.
	Alexander Street Press Videos – Opera in Video contains 250 of the most important opera performances, captured on video through staged productions, interviews and documentaries.
	Alexander Street Press Videos – International Theatre In Video contains more than 100 definitive performances of the world’s leading plays, together with more than 60 film documentaries.
	Ancestry.com (Library Edition) includes US and UK Census collections; birth, marriage and death databases; immigration records; family facts and more. Ancestry Library is accessible free of charge in any Logan City Council Library.*
	Artnet.com is a place to buy, sell and research fine art online. The online Gallery Network is the largest of its kind, with over 1,000 galleries in 250 international cities, more than 90,000 works by over 18,000 artists from around the globe. The Network serves dealers and art buyers alike by providing a survey of the market and its pricing trends, as well as the means to communicate instantly, inexpensively and globally. Other key services include artnet Magazine, the insider’s guide to the art market with daily news, reviews, and features by renowned writers in the art community, the Price Database, and information from the Grove Dictionary of Art.
	Australian Art Galleries.com is an art gallery and artist search engine. It lists different galleries around Australia and the artists that they represent.
	Australian Legal Information Institute (AustLII) publishes public legal information — including state, territory and commonwealth legislation, treaties and decisions of courts and tribunals; law reform and royal commission reports.
	Australian & New Zealand Reference Centre combines Australia and New Zealand specific magazines, newspapers and newswires, reference books and company information. The database covers current events, business, sports, science, health, social science and literature. Includes Full Text.
	Bookflix is an interactive literary resource that pairs classic fictional video storybooks with nonfiction ebooks to reinforce reading skills and develop essential real-world knowledge and understanding. Access only from outside Logan Libraries.
	Books and Authors you ways to explore the endless possibilities and combinations of books, authors, genres and topics.
	Encylopedia Britannica Online (Full Text) includes the complete encyclopedia, as well as Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus, Britannica Student Encyclopedia and the Britannica Book of the Year.
	Britannica Junior has been created especially for readers at the primary school level. Thousands of shorter articles cover subjects for school and fun, from nations of the world to animals and sports. If you are searching all content, Britannica Junior Encyclopedia articles appear in the third column on your search results page. You can also find Britannica Junior Encyclopedia and its features by clicking the purple button at the bottom of every page.
	Britannica Student makes the authoritative content of our encyclopedia lively and easy to read. If you are searching all content, Britannica Student articles appear in the second column on your search results page. You can also find Britannica Student and its features by clicking the green button at the bottom of every page.
	Encyclopedia Britannica is one of the most complete and accurate information sources in the world, with over 73,000 articles. It contains both short and book-length articles on every subject. If you are searching all the content or have chosen the Encyclopedia Britannica level, look in the first column on your search results page for links to this encyclopedia. If you are in another level, you can find Encyclopedia Britannica and its features by clicking the blue button at the bottom of every page.
	British Newspapers 1600-1900 is a comprehensive digital historic newspaper archive that searches the 17-18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers and the 19th Century British Library Newspapers to provide 3 million pages of historic papers, newsbooks and ephemera from the British Isles. The database is fully text searchable and allows users to view entire pages or individual articles, with save, bookmark, e-mail and print options.
	Choice Online provides independent and science-based testing on a wide range of products and services. Find over 200 tests and reports on food and health, white goods and home entertainment, everyday supermarket items and much more. New tests added weekly! Trusted information for Australian consumers. Database is only for use in the library, and requires library staff to type in the access password.*
	Computer Skills Index contains hundreds of comprehensive computer training tutorials, with more continually being added. Tutorials include full colour, easy-to-follow screen-shots with step-by-step instructions covering an extensive and varied range of "How do I ?" learning topics. The Computer Skills courses include computer basics and keyboard shortcuts, as well as Internet use, research, safety and specific software tools.
	Company360 provides in-depth business information and analysis on 50,000 private and public Australian companies. Financial data, corporate family trees, company & management bio’s and peer analysis are included.
	Credo Reference includes a wide range of general reference titles together with a large collection of subject-specific books spanning 20 topics, covering everything from the arts to astronomy, law to literature and science to Shakespeare.
	Developed in Australia, Dynamic Learning Online’s Office 2007, Windows Vista, and Introductory Computer Training website provides powerful, yet simple, online interactive training for users to understand and quickly master these new Microsoft products. It also includes Introductory Computer Training lessons assisting those people new to computers to more easily understand the new technology.
	Electric Library (Full Text) includes magazine titles from a wide range of subjects including business, education, general interest, health, language arts, sciences, social sciences, and many other curriculum-specific subject areas. Track trends and follow current events with more than 230 full-text national and international newspaper titles including the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, USA TODAY, Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post. Multimedia content includes streaming video, radio and TV transcripts, photos and maps.
	Find Articles (Full Text) is an archive of published articles. It is frequently updated and contains articles dating back to 1998 from more than 500 magazines and journals.
	Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. These reference materials once were accessible only in the library, but now you can access them online from the library or remotely 24/7.
	Good Reading Magazine is an Australian family-owned monthly magazine and website dedicated to books and reading. Good Reading achieves its aim of introducing readers to new and previously published books and authors, all reviewed and discussed by independent writers and reviewers.
	Grolier Online provides access to Encyclopedia American, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, New Book of Knowledge, New Book of Popular Science, and Lands and People, to provide information on historical and current global events, and a wide range of topics.
	Health & Wellness Resource Centre allows you to find magazines, journals, newspapers, definitions, directories, and information on: Fitness, Pregnancy, Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Occupational Health and Safety, Alcohol and Drug abuse, Prescription Drugs, Herbal remedies, and alternative or complementary treatments, etc. Included are links to diet, cancer, and health assessment sites as well as government databases. Material contained in this Resource Center is intended for informational purposes only.
	History and Reference Library is designed for anyone with an interest in Australian History. It is continually expanded with newer titles. There are currently over 60 different titles, with more added on a continual basis. Most are richly illustrated and over two hours of video footage is also available.
	History Clicks is a unique collection of over 1,600 historical photographs relating to the Logan area. The photographs have been donated by relatives of local families, the John Oxley Library, and local photographers such as Keith Schmidt and Joan Starr. Included are photographs depicting the growth and development of the Logan area from the early settlement through to the present day. Featuring images of people, places, events, industry and landscapes, from the collection held in the Logan City Council Libraries.
	Hobbies & Crafts Reference Center is a full text EBSCO database designed primarily for use in public libraries. Includes a collection of articles covering over 140 topics as well as licensed periodicals, books and videos.
	Intrepica is an Australian literary source for children that equips teachers and parents with a motivational learning platform that is fun, compelling and addictive for students of all ages and ability. Children create a character/avatar and play literacy games to buy accessories for their avatar.
	LearningFast is a set of interactive self-paced computer tutorials designed to teach you skills in using computers and popular computer software. Through Learningfast, you can learn: basic computer, how to use and search the Internet, popular Microsoft Office applications such as Word, Excel and PowerPoint, other applications including MYOB and Lotus Notes. If you complete the ICT (Information and Communication Technology) Skills Benchmark assessment and achieve over 80%, you will be entitled to an ICT Skills Benchmark Achievement Certificate. Please request login details from the Reference Librarian.
	LitFinder is Roths Family of Literature Databases, including Poem Finder on the Web, which contains over 100,000 full-text poems and over 800,000 poem citations. Story Finder contains thousands of full-text short stories with a genre navigator. Essay Finder is also included, with full-text essays on humanities and social sciences (including literature, history, economics, sociology, art and architecture, philosophy, psychology, science and drama).
	Magportal.com can make your website more dynamic and more useful with feeds from MagPortal.com database collection. Headline feeds with full-text article search allow users to find magazine articles on topics tailored for your website. Whether you operate a public website or an intranet site to keep your employees informed! Stock market data feeds can keep people visiting your site throughout the day. Whether you run a financial site or are just looking for a chart for your company’s investor relations page, we can help.
	Mother of All Art & Art History Links Pages has a substantial listing of art history sites on the Internet that includes Art History Departments, Research Resources, Resources for Visual Collections, Image Collections & Online Art, A Sampling of Online Exhibits, Fine Art Schools & Departments, Art Museums and Textual & Linguistic Resources.
	NewsBank Newspapers (Australia & The World) comes complete with full-text content of more than 100 local, regional, and national newspapers. Covers community events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities, local companies, state industries, and people in the community. Paid advertisements are excluded. Full text articles from over 230 international newspapers (including the US, UK and New Zealand), over 130 Australian major daily and Sunday newspapers, local, regional and community newspapers, including twenty-eight Queensland titles.
	NoveList is a tool to guide reading choices, with over 150,000 fiction titles referenced and over 4,000 custom created articles and lists.
	OZJAC The Australian Courses & Careers Database. Find out about Courses (where they are offered, what subjects you can study, how to get in, what jobs they lead to); Course Providers includes Universities, TAFE, and private providers; Jobs (what duties are involved, training required, personal requirements and so on) and General Information (what’s new in education and training, where to get financial assistance, who to contact for wage and employment conditions). Please request login details from the Reference Librarian. *
	Realtime Health’s personal experience stories, from the ‘Speaking From Experience’ series, are produced in association with leading support groups who ensure the accuracy, credibility and relevance of the information. If you are dealing with serious illness, especially if it is a recent diagnosis, personal stories can inform and reassure. They can help you understand what to expect and how others have coped. RealTime Health’s video database offers hundreds of patient and carer stories on a range of conditions. These first-hand accounts cover the day to day challenges others have faced, and give insights into the coping strategies they have used.
	Standards Online Public Library (SAI Global) is available from your local Logan City Council Library free of charge. In-library access to over 7,700 national Australian Standards. Please note that due to copyright regulations no more than 10% of the Standard may be printed or downloaded. Also note that Standards can only be printed or downloaded one page at a time.*
	The Times Digital Archives (London), 1785-1985, includes every complete page of every issue of The Times (London) from 1785 to 1985. Every headline, article and image. Every front page, editorial, birth and death notice, advertisement and classified ad that appeared within the pages of The Times (London) is easily accessible and provides a complete virtual chronicle of history for this period.
	Tumble Book Library is a collection of over 150 animated, talking books and related activities. All that is needed is a computer with an internet connection. Children may use the service by themselves or with a parent, caretaker, reading tutor or teacher. An entire classroom can even log onto the library’s website to read the same book at the same time. Teachers may project a TumbleBook and let the entire class enjoy a story together!
	Tumble Talking Books is an online audio book library collection of streaming audio books including versions of classics of American and world literature, non-fiction, fiction, and children and teen books.
	The Visual Thesaurus is an interactive dictionary and thesaurus which creates word maps that blossom with meanings and branch to related words. Its innovative display encourages exploration and learning. You’ll understand language in a powerful new way. Login with user: ref@logan.qld.gov.au and password: visualt4
	The Websters eLearning Solution covers a range of Australian and International Curriculums; and is the perfect training solution for Corporate and Government organisations, Schools, Libraries, Universities and Home Users. It is the result of over 14 years of research and development to find the best way to learn about computers and computer software while providing a Learning Management System which enables students, teachers and administrators to monitor progress during the learning experience!
	Websterworld is an Australian online resource, with thousands of images and videos, over 100 000 articles, and many diverse facts and figures. WebsterWorld contains the full text of Webster’s Encyclopedia of Australia, and many other useful sources including Animals of Australia, Australian Exploration Journals, Countries of the World, and so on, making it great for projects and homework.
	World Book Discover offers engaging reference resources for students reading below grade level because of language or learning difficulties. This collection includes reference articles, text-to-speech capabilities, learning and life skills activities, research and translation tools, multimedia, and interactive video to draw students into curriculum-related topics and subjects relevant to older students. World Book Discover is the first online reference product designed for differentiated instruction to meet the needs of reluctant readers, ELL, ESL, and adult literacy students.
	World Book Online Info Finder is designed specifically to meet the needs of school-aged library patrons. The site contains content and features designed for school-aged patrons’ homework and research needs. Based on the World Book Encyclopedia, the site features rich multimedia, a collection of age-appropriate science fair projects, a Biography Center, virtual tours, video showcases, links to current events and world newspapers, 21st-century research skills, and much more.
	World Book Online for Kids is designed specifically to meet the needs of younger library patrons. This site offers easy-to-read articles and a wealth of engaging multimedia, games, science projects, interactive tools, and activities for younger children.
	World Book Online Reference Centre has been in operation since 1917 setting the standard for providing accuracy, objectivity, and reliability in research materials for both children and adults. Based in Chicago, Illinois, World Book is an industry leader in the production of award-winning encyclopedias, reference sources, and digital products for the home and schools. World Book has been committed to publishing encyclopedias and other reference products that meet the highest standards of editorial excellence while keeping pace with the technological developments that define the computer age.
	YourTutor connects students with expert tutors for live, one-to-one individual learning sessions using voice technology, chat interface, multiple whiteboards, advanced maths type tools, document sharing and browser control. The service is available from Monday to Friday, 4pm – 8pm. Subjects covered: Mathematics, Science, English and study skills.
* Available from library branches only. Please email libraries@logan.qld.gov.au if you have any further problems accessing these databases.